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Mentalizing, mental illness and mirth: linking the psychology of theory of mind and humour in psychotic illness disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

David Bell ,
Carissa M. Coulston  and
Gin S. Malhi
David Bell*
Affiliation:
Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Carissa M. Coulston
Affiliation:
Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia Discipline of Psychological Medicine, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia CADE Clinic, Department of Academic Psychiatry, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Gin S. Malhi
Affiliation:
Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia Discipline of Psychological Medicine, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
*
Dr David Bell, Department of Psychiatry, Level 5, Building 36, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW 2065, Australia. Tel: +61 2 9926 7746; Fax: +61 2 9926 7730; E-mail: dbell1@med.usyd.edu.au
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , February 2010 , pp. 35 - 37
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Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S

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